Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2017;6, 1–3 doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjx116 Case Report
CASE REPORT
Clostridium perfringens’s necrotizing acute pancreatitis: a case of success Rita Castro*, Joana Mendes, Luís Amaral, Rui Quintanilha, Tiago Rama, and António Melo Department of General Surgery, Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, Ponta Delgada, Portugal *Correspondence address. Department of General Surgery, Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, Avenida D. Manuel I, Matriz 9500-370, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel – Açores, Portugal. Tel +351-91-985-6181; Fax +351-296-203-082; E-mail:
[email protected] Abstract The authors report a case of a 62-year-old man with upper abdominal pain with few hours of onset and vomits. The initial serum amylase was 2306 U/L. The first CT showed signs of a non-complicated acute pancreatitis. He suffered clinical deterioration and for this reason he was admitted on the intensive care unit where he progressed to multiple organ failure in